DOMINICAN CHARGES PAST MERRIMACK COLLEGE

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2/26/17) The Dominican College baseball team improved to 3-1 on the season after charging past the Merrimack College Warriors, 21-1, in a non-conference game played this afternoon.

DOMINICAN CHARGES PAST MERRIMACK COLLEGE

Team Stats

February 26, 2017

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2/26/17)  The Dominican College baseball team improved to 3-1 on the season after charging past the Merrimack College Warriors, 21-1, in a non-conference game played this afternoon.

Dominican opened the game with a run in the top of the first inning as right fielder Max Franzone (Nanuet, N.Y.) hit an RBI single to plate Arbely Soto (Bronx, N.Y.) for the early 1-0 advantage.

MC came back to tie the score in the third and the score would remain 1-1 until the 6th stanza when the Charger offense exploded for eight runs on seven hits.  Brett Karcher-Bowen (Cypress, Texas) and Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) each had a two-run RBI single in the inning, while Franzone and Soto each drove home a run with a single.  The other two DC runs scored on a Warrior error.

Dominican followed with six more runs in the seventh on four hits to extend the lead to 15-1.  Joshua Colon (Bronx, N.Y.) got the scoring going with an RBI single and firstbasemen Jordan Bernacet (Schenectady, N.Y.) followed with a two-run single.  An error brought home the fourth DC run of the inning, while Decker hit an RBI double.  Designated hitter Tyler Malia (Delran, N.J.) brought home Dominican's 15th run with an RBI single.

The Chargers added with six more runs in the top of the ninth, highlighted by back-to-back hits from Bernacet and Soto which brought home two runs a-piece.

John-Michael Broderick (Spring Lake Heights, N.J.) earned his first win of the season in five innings of work, allowing one run on three hits and striking out six.

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.